One of those counties was Stanislaus County, where conservative voters headed to the polls in big numbers.

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Shortly after Vice President-elect Mike Pence announced Trump as the next president of the United States, a crowd gathered at Rep. Jeff Denham’s campaign headquarters in Modesto on election night erupted in cheers.

"I was just ecstatic. I was so excited," said voter Nancy Hinton, who recently traveled to Cleveland to see Trump speak. "I didn’t think it was going to happen. I was hoping, praying and spent countless hours trying to make sure it did. And it was reward for all that work in trying to get people to head to the polls."

"It was unbelievable. I always thought he was going to win," said voter Janice Keating, who works for the Republican Party of Stanislaus. "When I saw he was taking all of the battleground states in the manner he was, I was elated."

In Stanislaus County, more than 241,000 people registered to vote -- the most ever, County Registrar of Voters Lee Lundrigen said.

Of the ballots counted there on election night, more than 52,000 --or about 48 percent -- voted for Trump compared to about 51,000 people -- or nearly 47 percent -- voted for Clinton. Those numbers made Stanislaus County the third largest in the state to support Trump’s bid to the White House.

Voters had their reasons for filling in the box next to Trump’s name.

"We here in Modesto and the real world are getting creamed by regulations," Keating added. "Our taxes are through the roof, and I’m sick and tired of it. I hope he goes and shakes them up and rattles their cages."

Some said they like Trump’s personality. Others said they like his policies or what they’ve heard of them so far.

But not everyone who voted for Trump said they did so because they felt he was the best candidate fit to be president.

"Neither candidate is ideal, obviously," voter Julie Plentl said. "So we’re just putting our trust in the Lord that regardless of what happens that he’s sovereign over all of it."

Modesto couple, Preston and July Plentl said at the polls on Tuesday, that they voted for Trump because of the ideas and policies his party represents.

"We know there’s a lot of this and that concerning him, but when it comes down to it, it’s about what the whole platform as a whole supports," Preston Plentl said. "That’s what we want to see coming to the White House."

While Trump wasn’t the favored candidate in California, he was in quite a few foothill communities including counties like Placer, Calaveras, Tuolumne and Amador.

Kern County had the most support for Trump with more than 95,000 votes.